Contraqly Blog

Contract intelligence, in practice.

Practical writing on auto-renewal traps, change-of-control clause risk, liability cap analysis, and what it takes to build a contract repository that gives your legal team real visibility — not just a file-storage system with search.

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Contract Risk

Auto-Renewal Traps in Enterprise Contracts

Most auto-renewal clauses don't say "auto-renewal." They say "unless written notice is provided at least 90 days prior to expiration." Here's how they catch in-house teams.

Rebecca Klein
M&A Risk

Change-of-Control Clauses: What Legal Ops Teams Miss

Change-of-control clauses are the most common due-diligence surprise in acquisition transactions. Understanding how they're buried — and how to surface them early — is a competitive advantage.

Rebecca Klein
Best Practices

Building a Contract Repository That Actually Works

Most contract repositories are really just file-storage with search. A useful repository captures clause data — not just documents. Here's the structure we recommend starting with.

Rebecca Klein
Clause Analysis

Liability Caps: Detecting Non-Standard Terms at Scale

A liability cap of $50,000 on a $2.4M contract is a material risk — but only if someone reads it. How Contraqly surfaces non-standard liability terms before they become a problem.

Rebecca Klein
Product

The Contraqly Approach to Clause Intelligence

Clause intelligence isn't about predicting what attorneys will decide — it's about making sure the information is in the room when they make the decision. Here's how we designed ours.

Rebecca Klein
Strategy

The 90-Day Window: Your Contract Alert Strategy

90 days before a contract renewal window closes is when you have negotiating leverage. After that, the counterparty knows you're locked in. Here's how to build a system that keeps you ahead.

Rebecca Klein